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803730

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that more students from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	902866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students, up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account for their records on access and retention.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 17:44:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

803728

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support the opening of more faith schools.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	902862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>I am a strong supporter of Church and faith schools, they are high performing, popular with parents and make an excellent contribution to our education system. Through the free schools programme we have supported the creation of 71 new state-funded Church and faith schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2017 18:51:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 28798 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

803729

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support local authorities to meet the cost of providing school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	902863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are providing high needs funding of £5.84 billion to local authorities this year, rising to £5.97 billion next year, to help local councils support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>Earlier this year we gave local councils £23 million to support a strategic review of their special provision, and have allocated £215 million of capital funding to enable local councils to create more places for those with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/12/2017 17:39:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

803723

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans she has to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	902864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>A new phase of our communications campaign starts in early 2018 to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities. This will build on the National Apprenticeship Service’s ongoing communications activity to increase awareness and benefits of apprenticeships among employers and learners.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be holding National Apprenticeships Week from 5 – 9 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In November, I launched the Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Network in Birmingham, a group of past and current apprentices whose remit is to help grow and expand the apprenticeship programme by reaching out to young people and providing them information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:42:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

804285

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's proposals for Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health in schools on page 4 of its Green Paper on children and young people's mental health, published on 4 December 2017, what plans his Department has to ensure that schools will retain the benefit of the training given to those so designated people in the longer-term.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	118469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper sets out an ambitious set of proposals to fill the gap in support for children and young people’s mental health together with over £300 million of funding. This will incentivise and support all schools and colleges to identify and train a Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health, introduce new Mental Health Support Teams and reduce waiting times for NHS services.</p><p> </p><p>Nearly half of all schools already have a mental health lead. The training will help existing and new leads to establish whole school approaches and to engage with the new teams.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2017 15:10:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

804337

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academy trusts have had schools removed and rebrokered to other trusts; which schools were so removed and rebrokered; and how many schools each academy trust that received a financial notice to improve ran prior to receiving such a notice in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	118584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>A list of academies that have moved trust was published in September 2017 in an ad-hoc statistical release “Academy transfers and Funding”. The publication includes information on the new trust and previous trust for each financial year between 2013/14 to 2016/17 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-transfers-and-grant-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-transfers-and-grant-funding</a>.</p><p>Information on trusts which have received a financial notice to improve in 2016 and 2017 can be found in the attached table. This table also includes the names of those academies that were within that trust at the time they were given such a notice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2017 17:56:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 118584 Attachment.xlsx title Attachment 118584
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

804368

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the exclusion review will make a comparative assessment of exclusion rates of academies and maintained schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	118588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The externally led review of exclusions practice and implications for pupil groups disproportionately represented in the national statistics, will consider how schools use exclusion and how this impacts on all pupils, but particularly why some groups of children are more likely to be excluded from school. The department will publish full details of the review, including how views can be submitted, in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on permanent and fixed-period exclusions published in July 2017 “Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016” are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The national data tables within this release include exclusion rates for all academies and maintained schools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 17:52:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

804583

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Drama: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who take drama as a GCSE subject perform better against the Progress 8 measure than students who do not take drama as a GCSE subject.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	118625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Pupils who take drama have higher progress 8 scores. This may not be the result of taking drama and may be the result of taking more GCSEs. The average progress 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent qualification in drama[4], are presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>.<strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>445,551</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.06</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>54,070</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>452,823</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.06</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>59,230</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Progress 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSE’s, it is expected that Progress 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Progress 8 is a measure which focuses on each pupil’s ‘starting point’ (key stage 2 attainment) and the progress they make, therefore more analysis is required to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Progress 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering drama’ if they sat at least one exam in any drama qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded drama qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li><li>Progress 8 scores are estimates and the confidence intervals provide the <em>likely </em>bounds of the true score. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>. There are also significantly fewer pupils entering drama than those who do not, this can lead to undue influence by outliers in the smaller cohort and it is not advised to draw definitive conclusions when the data is mismatched in this way.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2017 17:56:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

804584

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Drama: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who take drama as a GCSE subject perform better against the Attainment 8 measure than students who do not take drama as a GCSE subject.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	118623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The average Attainment 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent qualification in drama[4], are presented in the tables below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Attainment 8 score</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>471,987</p></td><td><p>45.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>56,523</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Attainment 8 score</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>478,494</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering drama</strong></p></td><td><p>61,781</p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Attainment 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSEs, it is expected that Attainment 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Attainment 8 is comprised of a selection of a pupil’s grades and may not include any drama qualifications they have sat, therefore it is not possible to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Attainment 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering drama’ if they sat at least one exam in any drama qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded drama qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li></ol> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2017 17:40:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

804499

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains her Department's policy to undertake a consultation exercise on the future of children's centres.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	118701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Our Social Mobility Action Plan, published on 14 December 2017, sets out the government’s ambition to close the word gap in the early years. This is a clear direction for all those who have a part to play, including children’s centres. Our focus now is on delivering this ambition. Through our new early years’ system leadership programme we will work with sector leaders to identify how best to do so, including through children’s centres.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 15:41:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell